LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - The CW network has greenlighted Sex and the City prequel The Carrie Diaries, Deadline reports.

Based on the book series by Candace Bushnell, who is expected to serve as an executive producer, the show will center on Carrie Bradshaw during her senior year of high school in a small New England town.

Gossip Girl producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage and Warner Bros. TV are reportedly behind the project, and former Sex and the City writer and producer Amy Harris will likely adapt the series.